Krausen89
Well-Known Member
So when i originally bought whole leaf tobacco and seeds I did not intend to be rolling cigars as I was planning on mostly blending pipe tobacco. I have blended a few I like and made some nasal snuffs which were nice but i started buying cigars here and there as i have always enjoyed them on occasion. I ordered some whole leaf cigar tobaccos and started playing around with the Burley since that makes a decent stick especially with some fire cured (i used latakia) I really enjoyed the ones that i rolled but i was just playing around getting used to the process and bunching for different ring gauges. I have a bunch of burley seedlings now and have been already thinking of what i can do with said burley once its finished. I read over the thread about fire curing the oriental to try to re-create latakia. which since i have a large amount of Cherrywood and Sassafrass for smoking meats i thought i would try my hand at fire-curing some burley. (will prob experiment with different wood) I would use the fire-cured as filler and use dark air cured for the binder (prob no wrapper) as a small cheroot or cigarillo. I ordered some Red Lion Cheroots that are KY fire cured filler with PA broad leaf binder... i believe.
While, to me, these sound amazing I wanted to get everyone opinion on this. and i have so many questions for fire curing and air curing the burley as i am a noob and this will be my first time growing tobacco. The main questions, other than what your thoughts are, are as follows,
Fire curing once the leaves have yellowed would take away the aging process? or once they are fire cured they would still need to age?
Could i roll the cigars with dark air cured before aging completely and then age the cigars themselves in a humidor?
I make a brandy that is aged on charred cherry wood and blend it with one aged on charred white oak. I was thinking of aging them with the pieces of charred cherry that have soaked up some brandy.
Any input would be appreciated!
Thanks, Andy
While, to me, these sound amazing I wanted to get everyone opinion on this. and i have so many questions for fire curing and air curing the burley as i am a noob and this will be my first time growing tobacco. The main questions, other than what your thoughts are, are as follows,
Fire curing once the leaves have yellowed would take away the aging process? or once they are fire cured they would still need to age?
Could i roll the cigars with dark air cured before aging completely and then age the cigars themselves in a humidor?
I make a brandy that is aged on charred cherry wood and blend it with one aged on charred white oak. I was thinking of aging them with the pieces of charred cherry that have soaked up some brandy.
Any input would be appreciated!
Thanks, Andy